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Avoid Showy religious Fervor

(Compiled from notes on lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)

On Vyaasa Puja day Maharaja gave the following thought provoking instructive lecture in Shree Shree Radha Neel Madhav dham in Rajkot. Referring to rhymes - "Always remember Krishna" composed by H.G.Atmaprasad Prabhu, Maharaja was explaining the shloka 3.8 in Bhagavad Gita where-in Krishna says -

niyatam kuru karma tvam
karma jyaayo hy akarmanah
sa

Venue: Amravati, Nov 2003

Srimad Bhagvatam chapters 52 and 53 and in the middle of
chapter 52 there is pastime kidnapping of Rukmini. Rajo vaca King Pariksit was
very inquisitive to know, Sukhdev Goswami has made brief mention of “vaidarbhim
bhismaka-sutam” (S.B 10.52.16) Rukmini is daughter of King Bhismaka and as soon as topic of her
marriage came King Pariksit became inquires to know please tell me more! “rucirananam” Rukmini very sweet faced “rucirananam”. “krsnasyamita-tejasah bhagvan srorum icc

Venue: Guayana, Guayana Katha 2006 june 29 Srimad Bhagvatam part-1

HARE KRISHNA (devotees replied slowly Hare Krishna, so
Maharaja saying) what happened? Louder Hare Krishna……… (Devotees saying Hare
Krishna loudly) “Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare” (all devootees
repeated it) they didn’t have Prasad looks like (laughs) shortage today not eaten
Prasad “Hare Ram Hare Ram Ram Ram Hare Hare” (all repeated with maharaja). You remember that Dhundakari? Who remembers Dundkari? Who was D

Day 2 – May 24, 2012

Location – Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh, India)

H H Lokanath Swami Maharaja started the class with a Kirtan from Tukarama Maharaja’s abhanga – Govinda Govinda mana lagali acchand. In this he explains that there is no difference between Govinda‘s body and Govinda Himself, Govinda‘s form and Govinda Himself. So Tukarama Maharaja enjoyed taking darsana of the Lord very much. Did you also felt pleasure by taking darsana of the Lord? He says my heart is full of bliss and it is now over

Venue: Los Angeles

Thank you everybody for coming to our Sunday festival. This
festival was started by His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Srila Prabhupad ki……………………Jai, he is even founder
acharya of Sunday festival. This festival is held worldwide over 500 centers of
International Society for Krishna
Consciousness. The sole purpose, infact of the foundation of this Hare
Krishna movement is to give association to everybody, association of devotees of Krishna and that leads to pure association
with Krish

Venue: Guayana, Guayana Katha 2006 June 29

“om namo bhagvate vasudevaya”

Yesterday we heard of Vasudev, the words of Vasudev, Sri Krishna is Vasudev “om namo bhagvate vasudevaya”. Our obeisance’s to that Vasudev Sri Krishna. So Krishna was in Gokul

“gokul jinka dhama hai, Krishna jinka naam hai, aise sri bhagavan ko mera barambar pranam hai” Krishna’s name is? What is Krishna’s name? What is god’s name? What is god’s name? God’s name is Krishna, he has a name, “Krishna jinka nam hai, gokul jinka dh

: Cross Maidan Festival : Reading from Bhagvad-gita -As it is chapter 7, I was not mentioned any particular verse, then there are so many choices of course by now you must be knowing why chapter 7 has been selected for this festival here at Cross Maidan. Yes exactly Srila Prabhupada had been giving his discourses on this chapter 7. In 1971 during morning hours, Srila Prabhupada ki …………………….jai. Of course I missed the morning talks, morning talks are for more serious students. Anyone could come i

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Mahaprabhu has taught in Çikñäñöaka (Cc. ädi 17.31):
tåëäd api sunécena taror api sahiñëunä
amäninä mänadena kértanéyaù sadä hariù
This is the most important teaching in Çikñäñöaka.
uttama haïä äpanäke mäne tåëädhama — This
is the nature of a real vaiñëava. He is the topmost
paramahaàsa, but he thinks, “I am the lowest of
the low, much humbler than a blade of grass in the
street. All those who are walking on the street may
step on me.” A real vaiñëava submits and tolerates
everything. He never retaliates

Verse Two kusumita-vanaräji-çuñmi-bhåëgadvija- kula-ghuñöa-saraù-sarin-mahédhram madhupatir avagähya cärayan gäù saha-paçu-päla-balaç cuküja veëum kusumita – completely filled with beautiful flowers; vanaräji – amidst the rows of trees of the forest; çuñmi – maddened; bhåìga – bees; dvija – of birds; kula – and flocks; ghuñöa – resounding; saraù-sarin – its lakes, ponds and rivers; mahédhram – Govardhana, Nandéçvara and other hills; madhupati – akhila-rasämåta-sindhu Çré Kåñëa (Here madhu means

Verse Seven

gopya ücuù

akñaëvatäà phalam idaà na paraà vidämaù

sakhyaù paçün anuviveçayator vayasyaiù

vaktraà vrajeça-sutayor anuveëu-juñöaà

yair vä nipétam anurakta-kaöäkña-mokñam

gopya ücuù – the gopés said; akñanvatäm – of those who have

eyes; phalam – success; idam – this (beautiful sight of Çré Kåñëa

as He enters Våndävana with the cows and cowherd boys);

na – not; param – other (success of the eyes); vidämaù – we

know; sakhyaù – O friends; paçün – the cows; anuviveçayatoù –

entering one forest after

Verse Seven
gopya ücuù
akñaëvatäà phalam idaà na paraà vidämaù
sakhyaù paçün anuviveçayator vayasyaiù
vaktraà vrajeça-sutayor anuveëu-juñöaà
yair vä nipétam anurakta-kaöäkña-mokñam
gopya ücuù – the gopés said; akñanvatäm – of those who have
eyes; phalam – success; idam – this (beautiful sight of Çré Kåñëa
as He enters Våndävana with the cows and cowherd boys);
na – not; param – other (success of the eyes); vidämaù – we
know; sakhyaù – O friends; paçün – the cows; anuviveçayatoù –
entering one forest after

Verse One

çré-çuka uväca

itthaà çarat-svaccha-jalaà

padmäkara-sugandhinä

nyaviçad väyunä vätaà

sa-go-gopälako ‘cyutaù

çré-çuka uväca – Çré Çukadeva Gosvämé (or çriya çuka, the

very dear parrot of Çrématé Rädhikä) said; itthaà – in this

way; çarat – autumn season; svaccha – clear; jalaà – water;

padmäkara – lotus flowers are blossoming in the lakes, ponds

and rivers such as the Yamunä, Kusuma-sarovara, Mänasé

Gaìgä, Govinda-kuëòa, etc.; sugandhinä – full of sweet

fragrance; nyaviçat – He entered; väyunä – by

Verse One

çré-çuka uväca

itthaà çarat-svaccha-jalaà

padmäkara-sugandhinä

nyaviçad väyunä vätaà

sa-go-gopälako ‘cyutaù

çré-çuka uväca – Çré Çukadeva Gosvämé (or çriya çuka, the

very dear parrot of Çrématé Rädhikä) said; itthaà – in this

way; çarat – autumn season; svaccha – clear; jalaà – water;

padmäkara – lotus flowers are blossoming in the lakes, ponds

and rivers such as the Yamunä, Kusuma-sarovara, Mänasé

Gaìgä, Govinda-kuëòa, etc.; sugandhinä – full of sweet

fragrance; nyaviçat – He entered; väyunä – by

There is certainly no difficulty in crossing over such a small pubddle.

tam vidyad duhkha-samyogaviyogam yoga-samjnitam...

"This indeed is actual freedom from all miseries arising from material contact." (Bg. 6.23)

So the devotee must be clean, inside and outside, both. Outside cleaning by taking bath, washing the body with oil or soap or soda, and inside, inside, materially, there will be no unclean things, stool, unnecessary stool. That means one must evacuate every morning and evening. If we eat more, then we have to evacuate twice. But if we eat less, then once evacuation is sufficient. It is said, yogi, bhogi, and rogi. Yogi means spiritually advanced, and bhogi means materialist, and rogi means disea

Krishna says T.I.M.E. I Am

(Compiled from notes on lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)

The following is an excerpt from the lecture given by our Guru Maharaja H.H. Mahavishnu Goswami on 22.7.2007 on Srimad Bhagavatam 1.8.43 at Sri Sri RadhaNeelMadhav Dham, Rajkot.

Maharaja explained, "We only wish well for others if we are really connected to heart. Heart to heart connection in this material world is completely impossible, our relatio

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

All religions speak about God .  But most are unable to show or prove God's presence to us .

Only Vaishnavism has a realistic approach . It provides us practical means to attain God-realization . The entire universe is God's manifestation .  But the problem is realizing the Godly power in us .

God has infinite forms . Out of all these , Sri Krishna is the original source . If He is milk, the other manifestations are butte

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

The night fell heavy in the heights of the mountains and the man could not see anything. All was black. Zero visibility, and the moon and the stars were covered by the clouds. As he was climbing only a few feet away from the top of the mountain, he slipped and fell in to the air, falling at great speed. He could only see black spots as he went down, and the terrible sensation of being sucked by gravity.

What is diksa? The guru gives divya-jnana and takes the sinful reactions of the disciple:
Diyate, ksiyate, something is given, something is taken; that is diksa. According to
what? According to the guru’s capacity. But diksa is not dependent on formalities or a
ceremony. It is not a one-time affair. It is an on-going process. One is admitted in the
school of diksa. One is a real diksa-guru only if he can both give this divya-jnana and
Sri Guru-Tattva by Swami BV Suddhadvaiti 4
deliver from material bo